Category Archive: 6b.) Mises.org

Intellectual Property Laws Violate the (Free) Market

No one can legitimately create a monopoly on ideas. The problems of freedom are solved with more freedom and worsened with less.

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Families Are the Key to Building Alternatives to the State

From the perspective of the state, the ideal society is one composed of single parents raising a small number of children in irreligious households.

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History Is Not a Science

Some modern historians claim they are “doing science.” However, Ludwig von Mises in Theory and History decried what he saw as “scientism” instead of real scientific inquiry.

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Closing Argentina’s Central Bank: Concluding Comments

Dr. Hülsmann offers his concluding thoughts on his debate with Philipp Bagus regarding the monetary consequences of closing the central bank of Argentina.

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The economy is growing without adding many jobs in “no hire, no fire” economy

The data the Fed does have is presenting a picture of an uneven and wobbly economy. Job growth beat expectations last month but has cratered overall in 2025.

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The Shutdown Was a Game

The government failed to govern, but not by mistake, it was fully incentivized to do so.

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Mike Huckabee met with Israeli Spy

Huckabee lobbied for Pollard's release from prison, arguing that it's no big deal to spy for Israel which is supposedly "an ally."

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Does a Growing Economy Require Increases in the Money Supply?

It is an article of faith in mainstream economics that an economy cannot grow without a growing money supply. Yet, that is a false narrative, as increasing the supply of money over time ultimately sparks inflation and triggers business cycles.

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The NBER Framework to Asses Business Cycles Describes but Does not Explain Them

While the NBER collects economic data ostensibly to aid policymakers, the data it acquires is useless without proper economic theory to correctly interpret the numbers.

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Michael Burry launches substack on AI stock bubble.

The investor who shot to fame for calling the housing crash before 2008, has launched a Substack aiming to lay out in detail his bearish thesis on artificial intelligence.

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Rand Paul says Trump’s Venezuela warmongering will “fracture” the GOP

He was elected to pursue peace, but Trump's extra-judicial killings of unknown persons in the Caribbean are part of a new quasi-war against so-called "narco-terrorists."

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Scott Bessent Gives Deranged Financial Advice on Beating Inflation

Apparently unaware of where price inflation comes from, Bessent says you can beat inflation by moving from a "blue state" to a "red state."

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The Port Wine Crisis

Owners are not only prohibited from producing the wine of their choice but also from deciding the volume they produce, the price at which they can sell their products, the way they store and vinify according to protocols, and the list goes on.

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Legal Nonsense to Justify Non-Judicial Killings

Often “reasoning” commits to a conclusion, then finds argumentation to justify it.

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Foreign Policy, Justin Raimondo Style

Remembering Justin Raimondo, who used his antiwar website to rally concerned people against the unjust and destructive wars brought on by the US government.

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US Trade Deficits: Blame Nixon, Not China

Dr. Robert Murphy explains why America’s chronic trade deficits trace to Nixon’s 1971 gold exit—not China—and how a popular reading of Triffin’s “dilemma” confuses the issue.

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The Tyranny of Phony Civil Rights

Dr. Wanjiru Njoya explains how “phony civil rights” expand state power at the expense of self-ownership and property, and offers a conservative-libertarian case for liberty rooted in reality.

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Crusoe: the Man, the Myth, the Legend

Dr. Jeffrey Herbener explains why “Crusoe economics” isn’t a caricature but the indispensable starting point for economics and liberty—built from action, property, and exchange.

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Interest Is Not the Marginal Product of Capital

Bob revisits capital and interest theory to show why the textbook result “interest = MPK” only holds in a one-good world, and why in actual markets the interest rate emerges from time, prices, and capital valuation—not raw productivity.

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The Seven Deadly Economic Sins

Seven “economic sins” share one root: monetary inflation—fueling higher prices, inequality, debt, war, and even moral decay.

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